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hello! my partner and I just submitted an embark DNA test for our 1 y/o 60lb puppy, Cam. we rescued Cam about a year ago and were told that she is a Dane/German Shepherd mix, but I don’t really see it. personally, I believe she could be a Greyador or something along those lines, but I’m not entirely sure. what do you guys think?

will update when we get her embark back!

EDIT: for context- we live in the SW United States :)

some traits about Cammy girl:

-uses her paws for everything
-powerful tail
-deeeeeeeep chest
-deep bark
-runs fast af
-ears can be floppy, both straight up, or one up one down
-very smart and learned basic commands within a week of living with us
-long flat snoot
-short and slick black coat with occasional singular white hairs
-front paws have white patches with black spots
-never stays still
-just a good girl

I just wanted to post here again and thank everyone who responded to my very overwhelmed post yesterday. (Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Hounds/s/7GoBeNnsFM) You guys shared stories that gave me hope about the path forward and I’m so grateful. Since finding out the depth of Gary’s allergies, we are:

- Going to ask the vet about moving from Apoquel to Cytopoint injections. The amount of pills he’s getting per day for fairly mild improvement is just not cutting it.
- Moving him to Hydrolyzed Protein (Royal Canin) food with a written script from our vet. In the meantime, we moved his food into the freezer to minimize/kill storage mites.
- Going forth with immunotherapy. Big thanks to those who gave us a better idea of what that could look like!
- Deep cleaned the area where our dogs crates are including washing bedding, moving an air purifier into the room, and getting a dust mite-targeting spray to help minimize their reproduction in our home.

I hope to have a positive update to share in a couple months as we continue our journey. Thank you again, and ofc there is a puppy tax photo of Gary and his brother Pippin napping during fireworks last night. Neither care about sounds like storms, fireworks, etc so at least we have that going for us! And another pic of just Gary napping. He lives a pretty comfortable life outside of the allergies so I’m grateful for that.

Jefferson is making his debut on Independence Day as he should since he’s named after another famous redhead that wrote the Declaration of Independence 🇺🇸

Jeff is a gorgeous 4 year old American English Coonhound that was found as a stray in rural Kentucky. Thanks to some dedicated volunteers Jefferson became a Hero Hound!

Living in a house is new to him so we’re working on house training and crate training. Jeff is great with other dogs of all sizes and ages. He likes to play and enjoys toys & bones. Jeff has a little more vetting required but once that is done he will be available for adoption. Get your apps in early because this boy won’t last!

Jefferson is located is middle Tennessee but transport is available for approved adopters. Apply at herohounds.org/adopt.

I feel like crying even writing this post.

Our coonhound mix is allergic to everything. And I mean, fucking. everything. I’ve never had a dog or pet for that matter have so many health problems.

We finally did an allergy test and it’s so overwhelming to read the report. His food sensitivities are out of control, his environmental allergies basically mean he’s allergic to air, he’s already gotten 4 apoquel per day (5.4 mg, 2 in morning, 2 at night) and he’s still honk coughing, having runny nose/snot rockets, itching until he bleeds in some places, and now they’re talking about doing immunotherapy for him.

He’s only 9 months old and immunotherapy should be effective for his age, but we’re so overwhelmed with the cost of everything and his quality of life. Fuck it, I am crying writing this. Has anyone dealt with something this extreme health wise? Please tell me it gets better because I’m so fucking stressed about this regardless of all the other shit we’ve had to deal with in 2026.

It's been a month now since I started fostering Nancy through Helpless Hounds and she's recovered enough from her initial medical drama to get comfortable and start to be very naughty- which I'm so grateful for! Heartworm treatment is brutal and I'm not looking forward to her feeling sick again after her injections, but she's fully transformed into a loony coony now that she's put on weight and had a month of meds!

I'm surprised by her results! I was 100% convinced there was some sighthound in there! I know DNA results only go back three generations and they don't account for bad breeding, but I never expected 100% Walker.

If anyone has experience with keeping a very active coonhound calm during heartworm treatment I'd love to hear it. I'm scared!

I know just walked an hour and had breakfast but can we go out again?

My Dodger & my Bailey, known in my neighborhood as “those hound brothers”